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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1927
Page
4
The piece extols radio’s reach from distant cities to Iowa as a modern miracle. It notes the railways’ role in lowering freight rates and increasing public benefits, taxes, and wages, framing wireless communication as transformative and widespread.
Iowa Farmers Union representatives met President Coolidge at the Summer White House in the Black Hills to present cost of production figures for crops compiled by the Corn Belt Committee. The data show hog production costs at 16.09 per head versus a price around 8.00 per cwt. The Iowa group asked for government review and possible legislative relief. A $1350 insurance premium on 63 dairy cows and buildings was noted. State and National Conventions head to Des Moines in September and November.
The Railway Age reports that complete statistics on 1926 railway expenditures show the railways operated as the country’s greatest co operative enterprise. The data reveal the scale and impact of rail investments and their influence on national commerce.
A daily note on common usage and pronunciation lists. It highlights misused terms such as ornery and the mispronounced Aisne River. It also covers misspellings and synonyms for inequality and variation. It ends with a prompt to learn one new word each day, here focusing on vague and its synonyms.
A short poem by Elizabeth Hart describes city kinfolks visiting in July. They bring heavy baskets of berries and garden produce to share at dinner while townsfolk note the nostalgia and appetite of guests.
A Granite Falls Tribune excerpt argues for supervised swimming lessons at the Granite bathing beach, noting that the beach has reduced drownings compared to prior summers. It credits the facility with producing capable young swimmers and lowering fatalities for years to come.
A local column notes talk of football returning and predicts a strong Washington team, while a young fan claims potential for future play. Thanksgiving storms threaten Columbus Junction, Jamaica losses banana trees, and a quirky song references travel and elevators amid a parade of miscellaneous prompts and jokes.
A newspaper reader notes the fatigue of businessmen and mocks cinema clichés. The text observes a man on his desk and jokes about the imagined elongation of tired workers and a woman’s silent, open mouth in films.
John Gilbert stars in the MGM mystery melodrama Twelve Miles Out a fast new sea adventure about rum runners hijackers and a kidnapping on which Joan Crawford plays the heroine Ernest Torrence is the villain with a strong supporting cast including Tom O'Brien Bert Roach Eileen Percy and Edward Farley directed by Jack Conway.
A child quips that her mother mismanages bedtime while the father arrives home early. The exchange reveals the child’s view on parenting as she asks her father not to tell mother. The piece ends with a moral about being missed only when one is good or mean.
A fragmentary verse tale recalls a dusty mechanical horse once beloved by a boy named Cal and his distant driver. Rusted nuts and bolts hint at aged neglect as a backstory to their past partnership. The scene closes with a brief exchange between a man and a lady about a stair incident.
A professor at a dinner tests a cloak room attendant by asking how the attendant can verify a hat belongs to him. The attendant responds that he cannot be sure, and the professor presses. The attendant simply repeats that the hat was given to him.
New York University professor Dr Charles Gray Shaw brands crossword enthusiasts and the Ask Me Another fad as morons. He offers a practical quiz asking about night clubs papers on Mexico Mah Jong Browning case saxophones Chaplin films moon weather tabloids spats and more to gauge true intelligence beyond standard tests.
Columbus Junction report details the Wilmering family reunion at Lester Vaughn home near Conesville. Davenport visitors Mr and Mrs Walter Cline and son Loren returned home after visits to Sigourney and Columbus Junction. A Louisa county 4-H girls camp fundraiser netted 167 dollars for the Letts district. Other items note visitors from Pendleton Oregon, Des Moines, and Galesburg Illinois, and a Woman's Relief corps picnic at Chautauqua park.
J B Walker and family and Mr C C Rothlisberger and family spent Sunday in Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Donald Brown and daughter Phyllis Ann. Mrs Bert and daughter Betty and Miss Grace Hesseltine went to Iowa City Sunday. Most neighbors attended the funeral of Mrs Russell Davis. Mr and Mrs Henry Wasson and daughter Catherine of Enid Oklahoma visiting with Mr and Mrs Art Rathmer called at the Birney home Friday evening. Friday evening July 22 Bethel community young people organized a young people's meeting. Rev Stockwell in charge. officers elected Theodore Meyer president Bernice Dawson vice president Ruth Gideon secretary treasurer. Next meeting Friday August 5. Last Sunday Rev Stockwell called away. Mr Wise of Fairfield spoke. Rev Stockwell has been visiting and had dinner at the Dawson and C C Rothlisberger homes. Fall Festival committee chairs will meet at church Tuesday night. Leo Shellangoskie laid a well for R J Dawson and is drilling one for Cloveu Stewart. Crawfordsville July 17 Mrs A I Graham and daughter Mary Monmouth Jr are visiting Mrs C A Sprague. Mr and Mrs C C Millson entertained Millson circle of United Presbyterian church last night with items from their trip.
The event featured Indian crafts including vases and figures depicting various occupations. Guests enjoyed refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Millson donated two brass vases. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ross and Russell left for Chicago then Indiana to visit Mrs. Ross’s aunt and uncle. A team pulling hay ladders frightened by Everette Gardner struck a telephone pole, tearing harness but causing no injuries. Miss Marian Davidson spent yesterday in Washington.
Noted actress June Mathis collapsed during a New York play watched by hundreds. She whispered to her mother I am dying and died soon after, with heart disease suspected pending examination. Mathis authored film dramas such as Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Ten Commandments.
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